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13-letter words containing f, a, r, g, i, n

  • infrigidation — (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
  • irrefrangible — not to be broken or violated; inviolable: an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
  • landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • leafleteering — The printing and distribution of leaflets, especially as propaganda.
  • leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
  • lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • masking frame — easel (def 2).
  • metalcrafting — metalworking.
  • mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
  • morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
  • niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.
  • non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • radiation fog — fog produced by the nocturnal cooling of the surface boundary layer to a temperature at which its content of water vapor condenses.
  • re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • refrigeration — the act or process of refrigerating.
  • relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • rifle grenade — a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • seafaring man — a sailor
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • sergeant fish — cobia
  • shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • significatory — serving to signify
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
  • understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
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